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While some promoters and media reports have already declared Baltimore's Labor Day weekend of auto racing a TV hit, the first hard data does not support that.

The one telecast from Batimore shown on a TV network, ABC's tape delay broadcast on Sunday of Saturday's American Le Mans race, earned a 0.5 ratings. That is one-half of one-percent of the national TV audience.

Though not perfect, the best comparison with another Baltimore sports event would be the Preakness, which drew a 6.0 rating this year.

In other words, the national audience for the Preakness was 12 times as large.

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